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And what added to our alacrity was our expectation of meeting with two of them instead of one, for we took it for granted that the light in view was carried in the top of one ship for a direction to her consort.— Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced
Lawyer Penhallow undertook the business with alacrity; but the alacrity was all on his side, for there were thousands of yards of red tape to be unrolled at Washington before anything in that sort could be done.— The Queen of Sheba ; My Cousin the Colonel
But this alacrity is absent in the morning.— The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls
Lawyer Penhallow undertook the business with alacrity; but the alacrity was all on his side, for there were thousands of yards of red tape to be unrolled at— The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel
Franklin got up at once and walked away beside her, and Althea knew that his alacrity was the greater because he felt that by going with Miss Buckston he left her alone with her cherished friend.— Franklin Kane
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